I am seeking papers for a panel at the 22nd Annual Interdisciplinary =Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference (INCS), to be held April 19-21, =2007 at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The themes of this =year's INCS meeting are communication, technological development, and =scientific discovery. More information may be obtained at =http://cas.umkc.edu/English/incs/cfp.html.=20

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The proposed panel will focus on the intimate, personal consequences of =progress in communication, technology, or science. Among the questions =that might be considered are: What are the consequences of such =progress for individuals' formulation of and ability to achieve their =goals? How does progress promote (or limit) their personal prosperity? =What difference does it make to their worldview or their imagined =possibilities for personal agency? How are familial and professional =hierarchies affected? To what degree is the notion of progress itself =endorsed? =20